carro-bomba

Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, “car bomb”.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌka.ʁuˈbõ.bɐ/ [ˌka.huˈbõ.bɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌka.ʁuˈbõ.bɐ/ [ˌka.χuˈbõ.bɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌka.ʁoˈbõ.ba/ [ˌka.hoˈbõ.ba]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌka.ʁuˈbõ.bɐ/ [ˌka.ʁuˈβõ.bɐ]

Hyphenation: car‧ro‧-bom‧ba

Noun

carro-bomba m (plural carros-bomba or carros-bombas)

car bomb (automobile made into a bomb)

Related terms

Further reading

“carro-bomba”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“carro-bomba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026